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Mao Inoue
Mao Inoue (born January 9, 1987) is a Japanese actress. She debuted as an actress when she was five years old. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as in , as Makino Tsukushi in the popular ''Hana Yori Dango'' series, and as Sugi Fumi ( ja) in the 54th taiga drama ''Hana Moyu''. She is also known for her work in film such as, '' I Give My First Love to You'', ''Rebirth'', and '' The Snow White Murder Case''. Career Dramas and films Inoue Mao started her career as an actress when she was five years old. She has been in many dramas since then. The viewers took notice of her in the series ''Kids War'' which ran successfully from 1999 to 2003. In 2005, Mao took the lead role in the drama adaptation of the popular manga ''Hana Yori Dango'', with Arashi member Matsumoto Jun, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda and Tsuyoshi Abe. Mao was awarded Best Actress by Television Drama Academy in the same year that the drama was aired. In 2006, she co-starred in her first film: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo International Film Festival
The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the largest film festival in Asia and the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF. The awards handed out during the festival have changed throughout its existence, but the Tokyo Grand Prix, handed to the best film, has stayed as the top award. Other awards that have been given regularly include the Special Jury Award and awards for best actor, best actress and best director. In recent years, the festival's main events have been held over one week in late October, at the Roppongi Hills development. Events include open-air screenings, voice-over screenings, and appearances by actors, as well as seminars and symposiums related to the film market. Tokyo Grand Prix winners Best Director Award *1985 - Péter Gothár, '' Time Stands St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shota Matsuda
is a Japanese actor. Matsuda is best known for his roles in the ''Hana Yori Dango'' series, the ''Liar Game'' series, and '' Love Shuffle''. Personal life Matsuda was born on September 10, 1985 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, to Yūsaku Matsuda, a Japanese actor of partial Korean ancestry, and Miyuki Matsuda (née Kumagai). Matsuda was the second son and second child born of his parents' marriage. He has an older brother, Ryuhei Matsuda, who is also an actor, and a younger sister by his parents' marriage and one older half-sister by his father's first marriage. His father died in 1989 from bladder cancer, when Matsuda was 4 years old. Matsuda's maternal aunt, Mami Kumagai, is also an actress. Matsuda's sister-in-law is British-Japanese model Mala Morgan, who is married to his older brother Ryuhei. Matsuda directed Radio Foundation's music video "Brain Washing" as a tribute to their lead vocalist, Kenma Miyaoku, who died from a heart attack on July 12, 2009. Filmography Drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohisama
is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Originally it was planned to air from March 28, 2011 (same as 2005's Asadora series Fight) to September 24, 2011, but it was delayed due to the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. It later aired from April 4, 2011 to October 1, 2011, same as 1988's and 1994's . Cast *Mao Inoue as Yōko Maruyama (her maiden name was Sudō) **Yūki Yagi as young Yōko **Ayako Wakao as older Yōko Maruyama *Kengo Kora as Kazunari Maruyama *Hikari Mitsushima as Ikuko Tsutsui **Tetsuko Kuroyanagi as older Ikuko *Maiko as Machiko Hatano (her maiden name was Sōma) **Yoko Tsukasa as older Machiko *Kei Tanaka as Haruki Sudō, Yōko's eldest brother *Kento Nagayama Sigeki Sudō, Yōko's eldest brother *Tokio Emoto as Takeo Miyamoto *Ayumi Ito as Natsuko Takahashi *Yumi Shirakawa as Setsuko Miyazawa * Eriko Watanabe as Kayo Murakami * Kazuyoshi Koshida as Michio Maruyama * Hiroshi Inuzuka as Takeo Miyamoto *Yasufumi Tera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Takeshi Kitazawa which aired in Japan Monday through Friday mornings—it was also the only of such series to be aired for 20 minutes per episode. From 1975 onward, series aired in the first half of the year are produced by the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting station and series in the latter half of the year are produced by the NHK Osaka Broadcasting station; the Osaka branch's first ''asadora'' production was in 1964. Due to the practice of wiping commonly in practice around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, not all episodes of all pre-1980 ''asadora'' series survive, as the 2-inch Quad videotapes were often wiped and reused; 16 of the produced ''asadora'' series in total are incomplete in the NHK archives, with several series having no surviving e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Sherr
Jonathan Sherr (born April 24, 1974) is an American actor known for his portrayal of Tony László in ''My Darling Is a Foreigner''. He played the role of Mardock in ''Tokyo Bandwagon''. Filmography Live action *''English Teacher'' - Tom *''Love in Tokyo'' - Tom *''My Darling Is a Foreigner'' - Tom Lazlo *''Tokyo Bandwagon'' - Murdock *"Prime Japan"- Amazon Video games *''NightCry is a graphic adventure survival horror video game developed by Nude Maker and published by Playism Games. ''NightCry'' is directed and written by ''Clock Tower'' series creator Hifumi Kono, and is considered a spiritual successor to the series. I ...'' - Jerome References 1974 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors American expatriates in Japan 21st-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is He Turning Japanese?
is a manga series written by Saori Oguri. The English subtitle of the Japanese editions of the first two entries is "My darling is ambidextrous"; the official English version is called ''My Darling is a Foreigner''. The books are published by Media Factory, Incorporated in Japan, and bilingual versions have been produced. The series is about Oguri's relationship with Tony László, an American writer of half-Hungarian half-Italian descent who lives in Tokyo. The book ''Is He Turning Japanese?'', a spin-off of the main manga written by László and illustrated by Oguri, was published by Digital Manga Publishing in North America. Film version A film adaptation of the manga was produced in 2010. Official media related to the film version spell the title in English as ''My darling is a foreigner''. Mao Inoue and Jonathan Sherr star in the film version, released in Japan in April 2010. Cast * Mao Inoue as Saori Oguri * Jonathan Sherr as Tony László * Ryoko Kuninaka as Mika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaki Okada
is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his roles as Sekime Kyogo in the drama ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and as Takuma Kakinouchi in the 2009 film '' I Give My First Love to You''. Filmography Films * ''The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker'' (2007) * '' Tennen Kokekkō'' (2007) * ''Robo Rock'' (2007) *'' Someday's Dreamers'' (2008) * '' I Give My First Love to You'', as Takuma Kakinouchi (2009) * ''Honokaa Boy'' (2009) * '' Juryoku Pierrot'' (Gravity Clown) (2009) * ''Harufuwei / Halfway'' (2009) * '' Akunin'' (2010) * '' Confessions'' (2010) * '' Piecing Me Back Together'' (2010) * ''Raiou'' (2010) * ''Princess Toyotomi'' (2011), as Asahi Gainsbourg * '' Life Back Then'' (2011), as Kyohei Nagashima * '' Akko-chan: The Movie (Himitsu no Akko-chan)'' (2012), as Naoto Hayase * '' Space Brothers'' (2012), as Hibito Nanba * ''Beyond the Memories'' (2013), as Roku Akazawa * ''Mourning Recipe'' (2013), as Haru * ''The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom'' (2015), as Ryos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji University
, abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-era lawyers, Kishimoto Tatsuo, Miyagi Kōzō, and Yashiro Misao, Meiji University is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in Japan. The university has a total of approximately 33,000 students on all four campuses around the Greater Tokyo Area: Surugadai, Izumi, Ikuta, and Nakano. Meiji is organized into 10 undergraduate, 12 graduate, 4 professional graduate schools; and operates 15 world-class research centers and a museum. It began its first partner agreement in 1986 with York University in Canada, and currently partners with 363 universities and institutions in 56 countries. Some of the university's partners include: Stanford University, Columbia University, the University of Oxford, the University of Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Yori Dango Returns (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS in 2007. It is the sequel to the 2005 TV series '' Boys Over Flowers'', based on the original ''shōjo'' manga series by Yoko Kamio. It is followed by the film '' Hana yori Dango Final: The Movie''. Synopsis ''Boys Over Flowers'' returns for a second season, picking up a year after Domyouji Tsukasa left for New York. Tsukushi follows Tsukasa to New York to confront him about his behavior and the reason behind his shocking decision to give her a red notice for the second time. There, she gets lost and becomes prey to thieves and bad men. Suddenly, a flashback takes us one month before Tsukushi left for New York. She mentions that F4 had graduated and during their ceremony they donated a lounge to the cafeteria called the F4 lounge so that they could revisit the school. Later on, Tsukushi mentions that she and Yuki are attending their junior high reunion. At the reunion, she meets Jun Pei, a student who is also attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Yori Dango Final
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Yasuharu Ishii and starring Mao Inoue and Jun Matsumoto. It is the last part of the Japanese live-action ''Boys Over Flowers'' trilogy, based on the ''shōjo'' manga by Yoko Kamio. It is marketed internationally as ''Boys Over Flowers Final'' or ''Boys Over Flowers: The Movie'' and released in some Asian countries as the latter. The film was released in Japan on June 28, 2008, and was subsequently released in Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea. It was released direct-to-DVD in Northern America in 2009, making it the first and, for 13 years, only part of the Japanese live-action adaptation with a Western English-subtitled release (the preceding TV series was released as such in April 2022). Plot Tsukasa Dōmyōji (Jun Matsumoto) and Tsukushi Makino (Mao Inoue) are driving through Nevada. Weeks prior, Tsukasa announced to the world that he was engaged to Tsukushi. He released an embarrassing picture of her eating noodles, angering her. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Yori Dango
, is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio and set in Tokyo, Japan, and the fictional "Eitoku Academy" (an elite school for children from rich families). It tells the story of Tsukushi Makino, a girl from a middle-class family, whose mother enrolls her in an elite high school to compete with the families from her husband's company. While at Eitoku, she encounters the F4, a gang of four young men who are children of Japan's wealthiest families and who bully anyone that gets in their way. The manga was launched in Shueisha's '' Margaret'' magazine in October 1992 and ran until January 2004. Two epilogue chapters were later published in ''Margaret'', in July 2006 and January 2008. The English translation was published by Viz Media from August 2003 to October 2009. ''Boys Over Flowers'' is the best selling shōjo manga of all time and enjoys immense popularity in the Eastern Asia region. The manga has been adapted into various mediums, some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoko Nakagawa
is a Japanese media personality, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. Also known by her nickname , she is best known as the presenter of ''Pokémon Sunday'', and as the performer of the opening theme from the anime ''Gurren Lagann''. Biography Born to actor and musician Katsuhiko Nakagawa, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s, she was raised in Nakano by her mother after her father's death from leukemia in 1994. Nakagawa found escape from bullies by connecting with ''Pokémon'' when she was in 5th grade. "When I was a kid, I didn't have friends, but I did have ''Pokémon''." In the 2006 book , she wrote that her legal name was rather than , which she had been using for most of her life. At the time of her birth, she and her mother had to remain in the hospital, and her maternal aunt was left with registering her in the ''koseki''. Her mother's intended name of was declined due to not being included in the list of jōyō kanji or jinmeiyō kanji that are approved fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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